letter and showed it to the brotherin, present
and said, "Did I not tell you [blank] last night
that I would soon have some money and
here it is." On Sunday the the
saints met togather and held a testamony
meeting, and many of the elders spoke and
bore their testimony, among the number
was Sidney Rigdon, Brigham Young, Orson Hyde, Orson Pratt, Hyrum Smith, Oliver Cowdry, and also Joseph Smith the
Prophet who closed by saying "Brothering we
are laying the foundation of a great work
and you know it not, you comprehend it
not. The work we are engaged in will grow,
spread, and increase untill it will fill the
land: it will go from sea to sea it will
fill the Rocky Mountains: all nations will
hear it: it will fill its destiny; It is the work of
Almighty God, and he will maintain and
defend it." Wilford Woodruff sayed in his
journal it appears to me there was more light
made manifest in that meeting parta
ining ^to^ the gospel and kingdom of God
than I had ever received from the whole Secter-
rian world. The Prophet Joseph called
the men togather who were gowing up
to Zion before leaving Kirtland
letter and showed it to the brotherin, present
and said, "Did I not tell you [blank] last night
that I would soon have some money and
here it is." On Sunday the the
saints met togather and held a testamony
meeting, and many of the elders spoke and
bore their testimony, among the number
was Sidney Rigdon, Brigham Young,
Orson Hyde, Orson Pratt, Hyrum Smith,
Oliver Cowdry, and also Joseph Smith the
Prophet who closed by saying "Brothering we
are laying the foundation of a great work
and you know it not, you comprehend it
not. The work we are engaged in will grow,
spread, and increase untill it will fill the
land: it will go from sea to sea it will
fill the Rocky Mountains: all nations will
hear it: it will fill its destiny; It is the work of
Almighty God, and he will maintain and
defend it." Wilford Woodruff sayed in his
journal it appears to me there was more light
made manifest in that meeting parta
ining to the gospel and kingdom of God
than I had ever received from the whole Secterrian world. The Prophet Joseph called
the men togather who were gowing up
to Zion before leaving Kirtland
